HB0040            Election Code revisions.

Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

AN ACT relating to elections; defining candidates subject to the provisions of the Election Code; revising provisions relating to nominating petition signatures and write-in candidates; providing procedures for a write-in candidate to decline election to public office; clarifying provisions relating to vacancies in certain public offices; reducing the distance from a polling place in which electioneering is prohibited; repealing provisions relating to write-in candidates and payments to referendum circulators; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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